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Francois Wiss

About Me

Guitar studies:
CIM (Paris Jazz School) with Marc Benguigui and Pierre Culaz, 1994-95.
Flamenco guitar with Belaid Ait Abdallah, Terry Fleming, Paris 1996-2003.
Seville, Spain, with Juan del Gastor, 2001, 2002.
New York with Manolo Sanlucar, 2002 & Mathias "El Mati" Berchadsky, 2005.
Occupation: Middle school music teacher in France from 1999 to 2004.
Now full time musician.
I'm now playing with some great musicians on a regular basis: Guitarists Julio Santillan, Daniel Garcia, Vitaa. Bassist Matt Geraghty. Percussionists Jose Ramon Rosario, Reid Andres and Luis "Salerito" Gomez. And more...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/14/2006
Band Website: Please contact me via email [email protected]
Influences: Flamenco traditional: Diego del Gastor, Pedro Bacan, Nino Ricardo, Sabicas, El Camaron de la Isla, La Paquera...
Mid-east music: algerian music (Ait Menguellet, Matoub Lounes, Dahmane Elharrachi...), Oud (Said Chraibi, Mounir Bachir, ...).
The very generic term of "World Music": from Cuban music to Samba, Merenre, Batchata, Reggae, Boleros, ...
French "realistic" singers: Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel, Leo Ferre, Dick Annegarn, ...
Classical music (From Francois Couperin to Philip Glass, Henri Purcell, Mozart of course, Manuel de Falla, Rodrigo, ...).
Writers:Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Joseph Conrad, Blaise Cendras, Romain Gary, Henri Miller, Saint Exupery, and adventurers of all kinds.

Sounds Like:

Quizas, quizas, quizas...
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Amor de Loca Juventud, in Brooklyn, August 2006.
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Rio Ancho w/ Kahil Ferraris. Our first jam, in Central Park, June 2005.
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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

LES POETES DE SEPT ANS

Les poètes de sept ansEt la Mère, fermant le livre du devoir,S'en allait satisfaite et très fière, sans voir,Dans les yeux bleus et sous le front plein d'éminences,L'âme de son enfant livrée aux répug...
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